Mamadou Sakho's knee injury is said to be less serious than first feared but he will not feature on Saturday, and James Tomkins may not play again this season due to ankle damage. That has left Palace short at centre-back given Scott Dann remains out with a knee injury of his own - only Martin Kelly and Damien Delaney are fit.

Christian Benteke is the 15/4 favourite to score first, with Wilfried Zaha rated at 15/2. Andre Gray is the top choice for the visitors at 8/1.

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Sean Dyche Burnley Premier League

Burnley's second attempt at Premier League survival was cruising along nicely but now, with four games to play, the adversity has come.

The Clarets have just one win in their past 11 games and will now have to do without one of their most experienced players after Joey Barton's 18-month ban for betting offences was handed down by the Football Association.

It all adds considerably more pressure than Burnley might have expected to face at this stage a couple of months ago, with Swansea City, in 18th place, now only five points behind them.

"We as a club, without a shadow of a doubt, are in really good shape going into this last bunch of games," Dyche said this week. "But we aren't naive enough to think it takes care of itself, because it doesn't. We have to take care of what we need to."

One win would probably do it, and Saturday would be a fine time for Burnley to finally record their first league victory away from home this season. That would see them rise back above Crystal Palace, whose excellent recent form has been in contrast to their next opponents.